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The end of the year is a great time to stop and reflect on where you're currently at, as well as where you want to be. But rather than thinking about tangible goals you want to achieve as a leader, it can be just as good to think about behaviours you want to change or things you could do to become a better you.

In 2007, leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith published What Got You Here Won't Get You There. The essence of Goldsmith's book is that many of the behaviours that initially propel high-achievers up the corporate ladder are paradoxically the same ones preventing them from reaching the very top.

Leaders pay a price for informed decision making. That price is the consequence of mixing transparency with accountability. Transparent information about how the organisation is really performing, coupled with being held accountable for the organisation's performance, puts leaders in a tight spot.